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JAMMU: Mushtaq\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ahmad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bukhari,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>well-known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pahari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Kashmir<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span>boost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ahead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliamentary\u00a0<\/span>elections.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Two-time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Surankote,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MLA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bukhari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resigned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Conference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>disagreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Farooq\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Abdullah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>designation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pahari-speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>headquarters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>retired\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>superintendent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Shabir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Geelani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bureaucrat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>G\u00a0<\/span><\/span>M\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khuwaja\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>hundreds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>followers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bukhari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>welcomed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravinder\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span>leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>adhered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pledge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>join\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>satisfies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>long-standing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demand\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ST\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bukhari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>told\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reporters,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span>am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grateful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Narendra\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Modi<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Home\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Amit\u00a0<\/span>Shah,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Raina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paharis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>fought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ST\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>long\u00a0<\/span><\/span>years.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Four\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities\u2014the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadda\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brahmin,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Koli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Paddari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tribe,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pahari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ethnic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Group\u2014have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>list\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP-led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>central\u00a0<\/span>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>function\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>hesitate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>supporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>achieving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>demand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ST\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>comment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>did\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>sit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leadership,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>explain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resigned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NC.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>meeting,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tendered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>resignation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>membership,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“heated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>argument”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Abdullah\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>matter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Raina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>”Bukhari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heavyweight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>deeply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spiritual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>figure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span>deal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>influence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>His\u00a0<\/span>entry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>grassroots\u00a0<\/span>efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>prime\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>segments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>society\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>denied\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>70\u00a0<\/span>years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lotus,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>symbol,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>bloom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dal\u00a0<\/span>Lake.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>polls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>scheduled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>May.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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